The Board has granted service connection for Parkinson’s Disease, also claimed as essential tremor and dystonia, due to exposure to Agent Orange during service in the territorial waters of Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service aboard the USS Bradley in the territorial waters off of Vietnam entitles him to the presumptive provisions based on exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, dystonia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068027
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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